It never stops with the Marlins. Now Derek Jeter has an interview with Bryant Gumbel on HBO “Real Sports.” Let’s just run the transcript that starts with a discussion of tanking, and Jeter asks for a definition of tanking.

Gumbel: “Tanking is not trying your hardest to win ball games every day.”

Jeter: “We’re trying to win ball games every day.”

Gumbel: “If you trade your best players in exchange for prospects, it’s unlikely you’re going to win more games in the immediate future.”

Jeter: “When you take the field you have the opportunity to win each and every day. Each and every day. You never tell your team they’re expected to lose. Never.”

Gumbel starts to say something ...

Jeter: Now I can’t tell you how you think. I can see your mind – that’s how you think. I don’t work that way. That’s your mind.”

Gumbel: “I get that ...I get that in so many words.”

Jeter: “But you don’t get it.”

Gumbel “I do.”

Jeter: “You don’t. We have two different minds. I can’t wait to get you on the golf course. You’re mentally weak (laughing).”

Gumbel: “I’m realistic. You expect this team to ...”

Jeter: “I expect this team to compete. To compete. Compete. Every single …”

Gumbel: “Compete is one thing. Watch my lips.”

Jeter: “I see your lips. I’ve seen them this whole interview. I’ve seen them moving constantly.”

Gumbel: “You never tell your players you are expected to lose. You take this as a player as a slap in the face. If I don’t believe in the players on the field, who will?”

Jeter: “As an executive, it looks like you’re delusional.”

Gumbel: “Call me delusional.”

Jeter isn’t delusional here. He’s disingenuous. There’s a difference. Look it’s difficult for a player to find an executive voice, and Jeter hasn’t made that turn yet. This is simpleton talk to say you expect your team to play its best, no matter who is in the uniform. It’s really making it difficult for any fans to buy in to what’s happening. To trade away top talent and expect them to win at the same level is … disingenuous.

Jeter is talking like he’s still playing shortstop, not like he’s running a major-league club. Again, there’s a difference. He really needs to find his executive voice if he’s to succeed in this job. Besides ...

2. … if Jeter is serious about this need to “compete” and even “contend,” then he needs to do something to save the season. The Marlins are 5-16 right now. What does he do, fire the manager? Pull a big trade? Call his team out? That’s what would happen if Jeter had as many expectations for winning as he says he has. And it explains why his words ring hollow.

3. The Buffalo Bills will make their first Monday night appearance in a decade this season. But it’s against the Patriots, so we know who the real star of the night is.

4. On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, I’d like to say I’m going to re-read Hamlet or MacBeth. I’ll make time for a Sonnet, though.

5. Tweet of the day: A team nutritionist is struggling with this one, as @DarrenRovell tweets: “The 78th pick in this year’s NFL Draft will receive a free pizza for an entire year courtesy of new league pizza sponsor Pizza Hut. Why #78? It’s the 3rd round, 14th pick (3.14 = pi). The Chiefs currently hold the pick.”